Nilüfer Saglar Onay

Nilüfer Saglar Onay is an architect and academician in the field of architecture and interior design. She got her B.Sc.(1999) in Architecture, M.Sc. (2001) and PhD(2010) in Architectural Design. She has been a visiting scholar at SUPSI, Switzerland in 2008, at UNIFI, Florence in 2010- 2011, at POLIMI, Milan and POLITO, Turin from 2015 until present. She started her professional academic career in Istanbul Technical University in 2004 as a research assistant and got the title of associate professor in 2015. She has contributed to several architectural projects and restoration projects in Istanbul. She has numerous national and international publications including journal articles, books, book chapters and conference papers. Her main research areas are public interior spaces, spatial evaluation models, residential architecture and adaptive re-use.

Publications

Well-Being Concept and Interior Design Process: The Intersection Between Humanities and Architecture
Well-Being Concept and Interior Design Process: The Intersection Between Humanities and Architecture
Nilufer Saglar Onay. © 2021. 22 pages.
Well-being is an ephemeral condition in relation to the complex system of interconnected components changing from culture to culture and person to person together with time and...
Well-Being Concept and Interior Design Process: The Intersection Between Humanities and Architecture
Well-Being Concept and Interior Design Process: The Intersection Between Humanities and Architecture
Nilufer Saglar Onay. © 2021. 22 pages.
Well-being is an ephemeral condition in relation to the complex system of interconnected components changing from culture to culture and person to person together with time and...
Re-Coding Homes Through Flexible Interiors: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Re-Coding Homes Through Flexible Interiors: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Nilüfer Saglar Onay, S. Banu Garip, Ervin Garip. © 2020. 165 pages.
Cities are not only places that house buildings; they are also spaces where cultural and social relations are built and developed. These properties must be taken into...
Well-Being Design and Frameworks for Interior Space
Well-Being Design and Frameworks for Interior Space
Valeria Minucciani, Nilüfer Saglar Onay. © 2020. 292 pages.
Planners, architects, and designers can have a great impact on living environments and well-being. Well-being is a natural outcome of natural living, but it is important to...
Re-Coding Homes as a Flexible Design Approach for Living Environments
Re-Coding Homes as a Flexible Design Approach for Living Environments
S. Banu Garip, Nilufer Saglar Onay, Ervin Garip. © 2020. 23 pages.
This chapter discusses the results of the “Recoding Homes Project,” which has been conducted as a TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) research...